Description

"There is no greater joy for a bookseller than introducing a reader to a book they will love for the rest of their lives. Those of us in this business are, after all, matchmakers at heart. So consider this little book you now hold in your hands a sort of catalog of matchmakers."--Ann Patchett

"If I were still a bookseller, I'd be thrilled to share this wealth with my customers. As a reader, I'm deeply intrigued by the range of selections. . . . Do yourself a favor. Add Micawber's Top 50 project to your must-read list."--Robert Gray, Shelf Awareness

This book offers lists of favorites that have flown under the radar, but off of bookstore shelves. First published on Hans Weyandt's blog for Micawber's Books, each list includes a bookseller's top fifty books, anecdotes, and interviews about the life of being a bookseller, reader, and engaged citizen. All proceeds will go to American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE).

About the Author

Selected as the nonfiction pick in the Fall 2012 Great Lakes Great Reads by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association!

"These professionals demonstrate exceptional curatorial care and a discernible passion for the art of bookselling, a craft Weyandt calls a 'combo platter of bartender/barista and priest.'[I]n sharing titles and ideas, handselling becomes, as bookseller and author Eowyn Ivey of Fireside Books remarks, 'a small but heartfelt gift, one reader to another.' Entertaining, informative, satisfying and funeverything books should be."Kirkus

"I love this little book, and I think you might, too....I guarantee you'll come away with a whole slew of things on your 'to-read' list and a renewed affection and appreciation for your neighborhood bookslingers."-Knight Arts Blog

"[R]ead This! compiles. . .expertise of booksellers from all over the country into one cheerful red volume."-Los Angeles Times

"If books are conversations between people through the ages, then our booksellers are those keeping the communication alive. That's why Read This! is a deceptively powerful book."The Rumpus, Interview with Hans Weyandt